lifespeed 42 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) I am interested in watching a local low-power TV station called Northbay TV. If you click on the link labeled Click here to Watch Now! it launches a video player that grabs an .M3U8 playlist. Previously this playlist URL was visible in the web page source, so I just entered it as an .M3U tuner for seamless integration into Emby. They have since changed the URL and player so it is no longer easily visible in the web page source. Is anybody here good enough with web pages to tease the .M3U8 URL out of the player? Clearly they are offering their channel freely over the internet, but leaving Emby to visit their web page is not the (lack of) integration I'm looking for. Thanks in advance, Edited July 29, 2017 by lifespeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14862 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Do this kind of thing at your own risk. Just because they appear to be "offering it freely over the internet" doesn't mean it is within your rights to re-direct that stream to another playback engine. You could be circumventing that providers method of getting compensated for offering that "free" stream. For a local station, probably not a big deal but I'm just sayin'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 (edited) Do this kind of thing at your own risk. Their ads are played over the internet stream also, nobody is getting ripped off. I know what you're saying, but this isn't it. Edited July 29, 2017 by lifespeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub3 64 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Is anybody here good enough with web pages to tease the .M3U8 URL out of the player? Clearly they are offering their channel freely over the internet, but leaving Emby to visit their web page is not the (lack of) integration I'm looking for. Looks like http://d10dxbeq00k3ze.cloudfront.net/hls-live/livepkgr/_definst_/liveevent/livestream.m3u8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 I'll check it out tomorrow, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegibbons 1267 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 The problem is that that playlist gives "relative" paths to the streams rather than a full url. Also it segments the streams in to small chunks rather than a continuous stream. Would be difficult for emby to handle I think. Krs Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36887 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 We'd just pass that into ffmpeg and it would be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 Looks like http://d10dxbeq00k3ze.cloudfront.net/hls-live/livepkgr/_definst_/liveevent/livestream.m3u8 Works great, thanks! Nice to have a funky small time station from the old home town to not watch. Actually I do watch it once in a while. Care to share your technique for prying the URL loose from the player, or is it top secret need-to-know basis kind of stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 Looks like http://d10dxbeq00k3ze.cloudfront.net/hls-live/livepkgr/_definst_/liveevent/livestream.m3u8 How did you find this URL? Looks like it has changed, I would like to understand how to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub3 64 Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 It's currently listing: http://d1h1vno2bn2hvn.cloudfront.net/hls-live/livepkgr/_definst_/liveevent/nbtv.m3u8 I just used my browser to view the source for their player web page, and look a for the source URL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 It's currently listing: http://d1h1vno2bn2hvn.cloudfront.net/hls-live/livepkgr/_definst_/liveevent/nbtv.m3u8 I just used my browser to view the source for their player web page, and look a for the source URL. Which browser are you using? "View source" on the actual player page (seems to be vile Adobe Flash) is not an option in 64-bit Firefox or Edge. I can view the source of https://northbaytv.com/, but that does not contain the .M3U8 URL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub3 64 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 I just did it in Edge. Same in Chrome though. On http://northbaytv.com, you actually need to click the 'watch' link etc, to get to the player page (http://watch.northbaytv.com/), then view the source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifespeed 42 Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 Got it, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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